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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Victoria Caparros Cabezas, Zurich, CH;

Rik Jongerius, Zurich, CH;

Martin L. Schmatz, Zurich, CH;

Phillip Stanley-Marbell, Zurich, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/12 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0835 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 12/14 (2013.01); G06F 13/1663 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of memory sharing implemented by logic of a computer memory control unit, the control unit comprising at least one first interface and second interfaces and is adapted to be connected with a main physical memory via the first interface, and a set of N≧2 non-cooperative processors via the second interfaces, the logic operatively coupled to the first and second interfaces. The method includes receiving, via the second interfaces, a request to access data of the main physical memory from a first processor of the set; evaluating if a second processor has previously accessed the data requested by the first processor; and deferring the request from the first processor when the evaluation is positive, or, granting the request from the first processor when the evaluation is negative.


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